Solana: Alpenglow Upgrade Cuts Vote Transactions
@ItsDave_ADA reports that Solana's Alpenglow upgrade is live, slashing vote transactions from 62% of total activity to just 85 on 22 October while non-vote throughput stays consistent.
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Solana has activated its Alpenglow upgrade, replacing on-chain validator votes with direct voting and aggregated certificates that target 150-millisecond finality.
Author @ItsDave_ADA noted that Solscan recorded 174.6 million successful transactions on 22 October, with only 85 classified as votes, down from the prior 62% share; non-vote application activity has held steady, so headline TPS figures now reflect real usage more accurately.
SOL trades at $104.22 inside its Bollinger Bands with the upper resistance at $108.47 and lower support at $102.5; the EMA50 at $105.67 and EMA200 at $108.26 define the bearish structure while MACD at -0.3 confirms the death cross and RSI at 44.91 sits neutral, so price action is likely to probe the lower band before any sustained attempt at the 50-EMA confluence.
Dave
@ItsDave_ADACardano ecosystem contributor operating the DAVE Stake Pool and serving as a DRep in network governance.